Lifestyle medications
are now affordable. What does that mean? First, you
need to understand what a lifestyle medication is. Your
insurance company realizes what a lifestyle drug is
because they will not pay for any of it. A lifestyle
drug is one that is deemed to improve your way of
living, or lifestyle, but is not necessary to cure or
reduce the symptoms of any life threatening disease or
sickness. Great examples of lifestyle drugs are Viagra,
Levitra, Cialis, Propecia and Acomplia.
Viagra, Cialis and
Levitra are prescribed to cure erectile dysfunction.
These are definitely lifestyle drugs. They are not
necessary for survival but will most definitely improve
the quality of your life, sex life that is. Propecia is
the most popular medication used for the treatment of
male pattern baldness. Propecia is also a lifestyle
drug because there is nothing life threatening about
balding, even though some men would tend to disagree, me
included. Acomplia is the new breakthrough drug highly
praised in European countries for weightloss. Acomplia,
generic name Rimonabant, reduces your weight by reducing
your appetite. If your brain tells you to eat less,
then you will consume less food and lose weight. The
problem with all these medications is threefold. First,
insurance companies do not like to pay for them.
Second, they are protected by patents and are extremely
expensive. Third, even though the need is self
diagnosed, they require a doctor’s prescription to
obtain these drugs.
Why are these
medications so expensive? Well, Pfizer would state that
Viagra is so expensive because we, the consumer, need to
pay for the research and development of that drug.
(Even though all research and development is completed
by the time the drug reaches market.) I find that
response curious. Who pays for the 20 Viagra
commercials that are played during each and every NFL
football game? Who pays for the Viagra NASCAR
sponsorship? Who pays for the full page Viagra ads in
the popular magazines such as Men’s Health or Sports
Illustrated? Us, the consumers pay for all the media
that Pfizer uses to convince us that we have a medical
condition requiring their medication.
I previously used to
lie in bed at night, unable to sleep, and blamed it on a
stressful day and would get up and watch some TV until I
was tired enough to sleep. Now, thanks to modern
medication and TV advertising, I realize that I have
insomnia and need the Lunesta butterfly to lull me to
sleep. Or, could it be those restless legs that are
keeping me awake. They are moving around a lot. That
could mean “restless legs syndrome”. Restless legs, are
you kidding me? Is this a real diagnosis? Who thinks
of this stuff? Obviously it is because there is big
money to be made in convincing us we have a medical
condition requiring a particular medication. When a
pharmaceutical company develops a new drug, they usually
receive a 10-13 year patent. This means that no other
drug company can reproduce that drug, not even in a
generic form. To pharmaceutical companies this means
10-13 years of exclusivity and price gouging.
How do we battle
price gouging? We go to the internet and search for
reputable online pharmacies from other countries that
are not tied down by the USA’s stringent patent laws. A
couple of websites that I have located are delivering
authentic generic versions of highly popular medications
at up to 90% off retail prices and do not require
existing prescriptions. These sites are
http://www.4rx.net and
http://www.xlpharmacy-rx.com. I have ordered
several medications from both sites and have always
received factory sealed medications in a timely
fashion. I have always been impressed with the quality
of the medications and the customer service if I have
questions or problems.
How do these sites
sell the same medication so cheap? Well, you will never
see a full page color ad for 4Rx in a major magazine.
You will never see an XL Pharmacy NASCAR racecar making
laps around the track. You will never see 30 ad spots
for online pharmacies during football games or the
Superbowl. They only produce an honest product and
request an honest dollar in exchange.
Am I the only one
that smelled a rat when Claritin just recently outlived
its patent and suddenly became available “Over the
counter at the same prescription strength”? Why was it
not “over the counter” the entire time? Because they
can demand a higher price as a prescription medication
and insurance companies will not pay for over the
counter medications. End result is these giant
pharmaceutical companies are ripping off the insurance
companies, who in turn need to charge us higher premiums
to make a profit. And we get mad at the insurance
companies. Are we mad at the right people? I should
say NOT! This “rat” returned when Zyrtec outlived its
patent. Yep, you guessed it! Now available over the
counter at a new reduced price and the same prescription
strength.
Before
you vote the next politician into office that claims
Internet pharmacies are bad and need to be outlawed.
Question which companies were MAJOR supporters in his
political campaign. I would wager a bet that it is one
of the major pharmaceutical companies. They are
actively involved in all political fundraising events.
Fight for your right to save money. Fight for
legitimate Internet pharmacies such as
www.eXeLpharmacy.net!
